College basketball coaches aren't ready to pack in their summer recruiting road trips. They're upset over a proposal that would eliminate July men's basketball recruiting beginning in 2012. It's a pivotal evaluation time for coaches, who travel to various summer camps and clinics over two 10-day stretches of scouting trips.

NCAA, NFL and other officials working to slow the activity of unscrupulous agents in football will talk again next week and are close to handing down recommendations that would really make a difference, an NCAA director said Wednesday.

The National Association of Basketball Coaches said Friday this will be the last year its members can have financial relationships with the Harold Pump Foundation, a charity run by basketball power brokers David and Dana Pump. The brothers are well known in college basketball circles, sponsoring camps and summer leagues. The NABC, however, said the NCAA has barred financial links in this area, expressing concern about "funneling of money" issues in men's basketball recruiting.

No fewer than five former coaches in football and men's and women's basketball have recently brought lawsuits against their former employers. Another, suspended Binghamton men's basketball coach Kevin Broadus, has filed a racial discrimination complaint against the school.

Michael Roll plays basketball for traditionally powerful UCLA, so he figured every season would end with his team in the NCAA basketball tournament. That was the case until this season, Roll's senior year, when the Bruins stumbled to a 14-18 record. In his final game, a 13-point loss to California, Roll scored a career-high 27 points. But that didn't matter nearly as much to him as the realization he wouldn't be playing in this year's NCAA tournament.

USA TODAY wanted to find out how the dominance of the Connecticut women's team is impacting college basketball, so we put the question to coaches, players, fans and other officials with an interest in the game.

Once upon a time coaches were respected and revered as pillars of their communities. The best of them sported images as never-flinching captains of their ships flinty-eyed eminences who were tough, but fair. You could trust your kids with them.

After a nine-month battle with pancreatic cancer, NCAA President Myles Brand has died at the age of 67. Brand served as the NCAA's president since January 2003 and led a strong initiative in academic reform. Prior to serving as the NCAA's president, Brand was the president of Indiana University.